Kaleido Star Review

Few more to run this week, let's do this.

Sora Naegino dreams of one day being on the Kaleido stage, a circus inspired by the real life French Canadian Cirque De Soleil.
Now she is old enough, she auditions to join the troupe but a series of unfortunate events hamper her on the way to the top. Betrayals, comedy, reluctant performers, bitchy rivals, tears and copious amounts of drama bombs all take place on the Kaleido stage under the fortunes and predictions of the Spirit of the Stage.
Drama bomb is definitely the right term for this, while spectacularly animated and choreographed to a high degree, every episode comes with it's own drama which can either make you cry or really feel sorry for Sora. A lot of people are really mean spirited with some people being easier to forgive than others, May Wong being the worst offender who really pushes all the buttons for worst character.
While the dub is well done it suffers from being a bit melodramatic however some moments can really be phenomenally performed by the voice cast.
Final Verdict: Probably the most spectacular looking anime but it's easily hampered by soap opera plots that get too heavy on the drama bombs.

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